Naf, you need to go down memory lane (ok, bad memory lane) and eat in a small rural diner in MO. They may have a dozen tables with half "smoking" all right next to each other.
I still get a kick out of watching an old show where someone lights up a cigarette while riding an airplane. Now that was certainly not "the good old days".
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Web articles that don't include a date.
Driving to the gym in the morning I take a road that is one lane each way, sort of a country road if you will. It winds, there is NO place a sane person will pass another car. The speed limit is 30 and drops to 25 in a couple of spots.
When I am driving in back of someone, maybe an older person or a work truck, going under or at the speed limit and the person in back of me is riding my tail, weaving left and right as if to try to see if there is anyone in front of me (hey idiot I am driving a Cayman, you can see right over the car), does the person think if he tailgates me it will make the car in front of me speed up?? Then the behavior continues until the road ends, where that person of course speeds up like a scalded cat....
I've had that happen to me in my Miata on some winding roads. They're so close all I see is their grill in my rear view mirror, and I'm just a few car lengths behind the car in front of me.
I generally pull off at the first wide shoulder, gravel patch, or driveway I see. (I had a little Ford totaled years ago when the car in front stopped, and the tailgater rammed my car into the stopped car. Ouch.) I just think of it as avoiding the impending accident.
I've even pulled off, placed the car safely out of the way, and waited 10-15 minutes when I've had lots of time, just to give the idjits time to clear the far end of a road so I could drive for a while without being stuck.
Contractors!!! The end of June I called 4 contractors to get a price on a garage door opener. My husband's sick and he wanted his truck stored in our back garage. I struggle with that door, it's 17' X 8'. Two of the contractors didn't show up. Contractor #3 kept asking me the same questions. This was a large company and the man said he was the owner. Said he'd write up a quote and email it to me. The last contractor seemed like the real deal, had measuring tape and ladder (I had to supply them to #3). Wrote up a quote and was done in 20-25 minutes. I never received a quote from #3 so I booked the "real deal" contractor. Told him I was a cash customer. Asked if he wanted a deposit and he said no. He said he had to order the unit and he would call me to set up installation. That was 3 weeks ago. I called Monday just to see if they had a date yet. Woman said someone would call me. I called Tuesday and same woman said "what!! no one called you. I'll have someone call you at 6pm." No one called. I called today and got an answering machine. At least they don't have any of my money. My husband always did any installations/repairs/building so it's a shock to see what we have to deal with. What is wrong with these people?
Contractors!!!
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What is wrong with these people?
This is horrible to say, but maybe it would be best if he was killed by a vehicle at some point. Stop him from breeding, if he hasn't already started.
Another driving pet peeve....
Now, where I was raised and learned to drive, I thought there was a traffic law in every city in the US that "left turn yields" at all intersections w/o explicit green turn arrows.
Yet there is a disease that seems to be spreading in SoCal that on a green light, people are assuming the right of way for a left turn.
Was at a light, had my right turn signal on...light turns green and a string of cars across the intersection just started to roll on thru turning left.
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Contractors!!!...
What is wrong with these people?
Looks like you need them more than they need you. The economy must be booming.
Looks like you need them more than they need you. The economy must be booming.
Contractors!!! The end of June I called 4 contractors to get a price on a garage door opener. My husband's sick and he wanted his truck stored in our back garage. I struggle with that door, it's 17' X 8'. Two of the contractors didn't show up. Contractor #3 kept asking me the same questions. This was a large company and the man said he was the owner. Said he'd write up a quote and email it to me. The last contractor seemed like the real deal, had measuring tape and ladder (I had to supply them to #3). Wrote up a quote and was done in 20-25 minutes. I never received a quote from #3 so I booked the "real deal" contractor. Told him I was a cash customer. Asked if he wanted a deposit and he said no. He said he had to order the unit and he would call me to set up installation. That was 3 weeks ago. I called Monday just to see if they had a date yet. Woman said someone would call me. I called Tuesday and same woman said "what!! no one called you. I'll have someone call you at 6pm." No one called. I called today and got an answering machine. At least they don't have any of my money. My husband always did any installations/repairs/building so it's a shock to see what we have to deal with. What is wrong with these people?
Another driving pet peeve....
I secretly dream of mounting a 50cal and being given 1-day's permission to 'clean up' the roads.